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Union Tactics Getting Ugly Across Country?

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    Author Phil Dine argues that calls of union intimidation are unfounded.

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The -- one California -- says union tactics are getting nasty.

-- time by the acting mayor of Costa Mesa says the police union is beyond a -- 911 -- accusing him of drunk driving.

The police kind of -- Imus house but he passed the sobriety test -- -- says this is how unions operate these days.

What -- I've gotten calls from all over southern cal.

Foreign have all these other cities in council people and in city managers who have being just.

You know shaking down the intimidation unbelievable but I -- the final things on their on their playbook to tell you what to do as a police officer.

Our union represented to go ahead and and get what you want focus on individual avoid spreading your energy.

Focus on -- city manager council person mayor or police chief and keep the pressure on up until that person assures his loyalty and then.

Move onto the next victim the next victim indeed for joining me now is still dine all -- all the states all of the unions.

-- -- all gonna defend this kind of union under the call it thuggery this kind of intimidation on you.

But Stuart I don't even know where to start responding to that first of all maybe you can tell me specifically.

What the union.

Allegedly did in this particular case the union got a private investigator -- gave the okay.

The playbook that the -- of Costa Mesa, California was quoting from that.

He's the union play -- it is advice to union activists on how to intimidate.

Council members and of -- public officials so that they get their own way.

That is drives or intimidation is it not having -- -- -- -- -- playbook -- Steward let me try again.

Please tell me what the polices -- you dispute has -- allegedly allegedly did.

Arnold -- leader in the private investigator was looking at the behest Albany police union is that correct.

-- so now we have a we have a small business are you disputing that there's any intimidation going on here surely not I'm trying to I'm trying to unravel from the rhetoric the facts what I heard is that -- investigator.

Made -- call the police investigated.

Found there was no problem with the -- -- I'm still trying to find out what the police union or the police officers that he was looking is that you've -- -- He was working for the police union asked -- this program by the math who was accused falsely of drunk driving.

But it was speculative that affect affect that you heard the -- we just like the sound -- -- -- again for if you like.

Reading from the playbook all of the union how to intimidate officials -- look.

I guarantee there's nothing illegal about this full of intimidation but all you gonna support it -- you costs are you gonna come right out that was -- this intimidation.

This is the way to do it this is legit would you say that.

Steward this is really ridiculous though he's trying to find that you're trying to find the cause of a fire and you haven't yet identified where the fiery I have quoted for you the playbook as -- on this program by the matter of Costa Mesa, California he was reading from it this is what the union people -- telling people to do.

Focus on an individual go do things to them focus on them isolate them make them bend to -- will.

-- are not -- and the world that is no it's legit.

If that is the case -- -- is wrong -- -- -- is still aren't so far can suck so far.

There's been nothing that you've said or the mayor said that ties the police in any way to this on the contrary.

The police came and if the police wouldn't bomb that's why did they -- the mayor -- nothing wrong why was the police why was he accused of falsely of drunk driving.

Bypass light of the private investigate -- walking on behalf of the police unit.

Why was that multiple -- why.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- This though pointing getting involved in -- -- I'm simply -- I guess not get.

All right if you wanna get involved in the details almost certainly -- will bring the -- back on again I will tell you -- you -- so while this happened hello it's getting away from all of that.

All you gonna sit that and say that -- is legitimate behavior on the part of any union anyway that.

I -- you -- this is why.

This country at a municipal and state level is -- such a mess financially.

Because they -- stimulated by local unions to go along with -- -- -- -- negotiations and pension and wage and benefit agreement.

It's all right well then use -- show please show on governors say two things a show me the cases where that intimidation has been shown.

Not claimed to have existed and secondly.

You name a country where the fire fighter the police and the other union.

Folks who protect us are more honest and -- hard working and more.

Efficient then in this country.

That is not the case Phil and you know -- I brought -- a perfect example in fact I tell you what.

I'm gonna get Jim rate on the back on the program on the gonna invite you to watch it okay I will spell it out all over again exactly what happened.

And then if you wish to defend intimidation you'll free to -- can we do that.

Yeah I feel like shows the facts throw the book at them until we are gonna look ready that would show you again god will do it a promise you this filled was always a -- -- him.

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